COMBRETACEAE. 525 



6087. CO]?IB»ETUM[ Loffl. 



(DC. Prodr. III. 18. — Wlprs. Repert. II. 65. 8c 915. V. 662, Annal. I. 90.) 



* Africana. 



C. SCHIMPERIANUM A.Rich. Tent. fl. Abyss. I. 265. f — Foliis eglandulosis oppositis 



breviter peliolalis elliplico -ianceolatis aculissimis integris, superne hirtis, subtus fer- 



rugineo - toracnlosis; racemis simplicibus axillaribus pedunculalis folio brevioribus; 



calycis hirti limbo campanulsKo - depresso, in dentes 5 obtusos latos diviso; petalls 



minimis orbicularibus concavis obtusissimis, margine ciliatis; fructibus . . . . ? — Ter- 



minalia hirta Steud. mss, — In Abyssiniae prov. Semiene. 



C. ADENOGONIUM Sieudel mss. ex A. Rich. I. c. 266. f — Ramulis glabris laevibus ; 



foliis vix petiolalis ovalibus acuminatis integris coriaceis. utrinque glabris, subtus in 



angulo nervorum foveolatis; racemis simplicibus aggregatis ante foliationem enatis, 



ferrugineo-tomentosis; calycis limbo 4-dentato, dentibus acutis, ferrugineo - tomen- 



tosis; pelahs obovali-oblongis obtusis luteis; fructibus . . . .? — In Abyssiniae prov. 



Semiene. 



C. QUARTIMANUM A. Rich. 1. c. f — Ramulis glabris; foliis longiuscule petiolatis 



ovali-oblongis aut elliptlcis acuminatis. ufrinquc glabris, membranaceis, in axilla 



nervorum hirsuto - foveolatis; racemis cum foliis contemporaneis; folio breviori- 



bus ferrugineo - tomenlosis; calyce ferrugineo - tomentoso; petalis suborbicularibus ob- 



tusis; fructibus ... — Habiiat in Abyssinia in convalle fluvii Taccaze. 



C. PUNCTATUM A. Rich. I. c. f — Foliis brevissime petiolalis elliptico-oblongis lanceo- 



latis acuminatis, integris, superne subtusque lepidoto - punctatis; racemis axillaribus 



floribus ...; fructibus oblongis basi apiceque obtusis, apice subemarginalis et subapi- 



culatis punctatis. — In Abyssinia circa Adderbati. 



C. RUEPPELLIANUM A. Rich. I. c. 267. f — Ramulis ferrugineo - tomentosis; foliis el- 



lipticis acuminatis, basi obtusis, brevissime petiolatis, superue pubentibus, sublus 



ferrugineo-pubentibus; racemis axillaribus foho brevioribus; fructibus oblongis quadrl- 



alatis in disco subferrugineo -hirtis. — C. relicidaliim Fresen. (necPrsl. ) — In 



Abyssinia. 



C. FERRUGINEUM A. Rich. I. c. f — Foliis brevissime petiolatis elliptico-oblongis acu- 



minatis, superne punctato - cinereis, subtus ferrugineo - tomeniosis reliculatis; flori- 



bus...?; fructibus oblongis obtusissimis quadrialatis ferrugineo-tomentosis. — Ha- 



bitat in Abyssinia prope Selassaquilla. 



C. LEPIDOTUM A. Rich. 1. c, 268. f — Ramulis junioribus lepidoto-ferrugineis; foliis 



vix petiolatis ovali - oblongis aut ellipticis acuminatis magnis, basi rotundalis, superne 



glabris subglulinosis , subtus tenuiler venoso - reiiculatis lepidoto - ferrugineis; racemis 



axillaribus (2—3) folio multo brevioribus glutinosis laxifloris; floribus pedicellatis lepi- 



dolis; calycis limbo campanulato, lobis erectis; petalis minimis sessilibus crassis 



concavis obtusis, margine ciliatis; fruclibus oblongis angustis, 3— 4-alatis lepidotis. 



— C. glulinosKm Hochst. mss. (nec Guill. 8: Perr.) — In Abysslniae provincia Se- 



miene. 



C. PETITIANUM A. Rich. 1. c. 268. f tab. 49. — Ramulis teretibus pubentibus; foliis vix 



petiolatis ovali-oblongis acutissimis, basi rolunualis, superne (nisi in nervo medio) 



glabris, subtus tenuiler reticulalo- venosis lepidotis; racemis simphcibus axillaribus 



ferrugineo- hirtis, folio multo brevioribus; calycis limbo 4-lobo, explanato villoso; 



petalis luteis parvulis subquadralo - obcordatis, margine cilialis; fructibus suborbicula- 



ribus tetragonis quadrialatis punctato-lepidotis. — In Abyssiniac distr. Choa. 



C. FUSCUM Planchon in Ilooker, Niger Flora 339. f — Scandens Inerrae: raraulis in- 



florescentiaque ferrugineo -puberulis; foliis oppositis oblongis ellipticisve, breviter 



acumlnatis, basi rotundatis, demum glabratis; spicis brevibus densis paniculatis; bra- 



cteis minimis; calycis limbo tubuloso - campanulato ; petalis spathulatis limbo calycino 



pluries brevioribus. — Crescit in Sierra Leone. 



